Electricity crackdown electricity suspended in different areas across the country

Electricity crackdown electricity suspended in different areas across the country, how long will electricity be restored?

Despite the electricity crackdown for more than several hours across the country, complete restoration was not possible, Energy Minister Khurram Dastgir has set a deadline of 10 pm in this regard.

According to Geo News, at 7:30 this morning, most of the parts of the country, including Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad, suffered from power outage due to a fault in the National Grid. Reacting to the nationwide crackdown, Energy Minister Khurram Dastgir said that electricity has been partially restored to electricity distribution companies in Islamabad, Peshawar, Multan and Sukkur. Are in close contact, trying to restore power before the deadline.

90% of Karachi, the industrial capital of the country, is deprived of electricity. According to K Electric sources, the probable cause of the breakdown is a disruption in the national grid and it may take 5 to 6 hours to fully restore power.

Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) sources say that there is no electricity in all small and big cities including Lahore. According to preliminary information, there was a simultaneous fault in the south and north main lines. The Orange Line train was stopped due to the suspension of power supply. Power supply has also been suspended in many other cities including Faisalabad, Toba Tek Singh, Gujra, Sargodha, Shurkot, Pir Mahal and Multan region. Spokesman ISCO says that power supply to 117 grid stations of Islamabad is still suspended. Electricity supply is also suspended in all districts of Balochistan. Both the power transmission lines were tripped due to which power supply was suspended in a large part of the province.

Here are some important latest news related electricity crackdown:

• An electric shock to a collapsing economy?

Electricity crackdown electricity suspended in different areas across the country, how long will electricity be restored?

While the citizens have been severely affected by the ongoing power breakdown across the country, the struggling economy has also been severely damaged. The spokesman of All Pakistan Textile Mills Association says that the textile sector has suffered a loss of 70 million dollars so far due to the power outage. They say that mill owners are already worried about the daily rising prices of electricity and gas, such a long breakdown of electricity is unbearable. 400 factories are closed in Hayatabad Industrial Zone while 165 small industries are also closed on Kohat Road.

• Application filed in Lahore High Court against power breakdown

Electricity crackdown electricity suspended in different areas across the country, how long will electricity be restored?

A miscellaneous application was filed in the Lahore High Court against the electricity breakdown across the country yesterday.

 According to the private TV channel “Dawn News”, a petition against the power breakdown has been filed by the Judicial Activism Panel. Facing severe difficulties and shortage of petrol.

• The Ministry of Energy claims that power has been restored at all grid stations across the country.

Electricity crackdown electricity suspended in different areas across the country, how long will electricity be restored?

The Ministry of Energy has claimed to restore power to all grid stations after breakdowns across the country.

According to the Ministry of Energy, electricity has been restored at 1112 grid stations of NTDC across the country, the current generation of electricity is 9 thousand 704 MW, Ministry of Energy officials say that up to 6600 MW of coal and 3500 MW of nuclear power plant systems. It may take 48 to 72 hours to restore. Currently, the electricity production in the country is up to 9,704 MW, while the country is currently suffering from a shortfall of up to 4,000 MW.

All 1112 grid stations restored within 24 hours nationwide Alhamdulillah! pic.twitter.com/nGsAyKj7zs

— Ministry of Energy (@MoWP15) January 24, 2023

It should be remembered that electricity supply was suspended in many cities of the country, including Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad, due to a breakdown in the early morning yesterday, which is still fully restored.

• Favors of incompetent imported government are visible in every sector, Fawad Chaudhry

Electricity crackdown electricity suspended in different areas across the country, how long will electricity be restored?

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry says that even after the passage of 24 hours, electricity is suspended in different parts of the country.

Fawad Chaudhry in his tweet on the social networking site Twitter said that there is no flour, no electricity, no money to repay the loans, despair and depression are dancing in Pakistan and Nero is playing the flute.

چوبیس گھنٹے گزرنے کے بعد بھی ملک کے مختلف علاقوں میں بجلی بدستور معطل ہے، اس نااھل اور نکمی امپورٹڈ سرکار کی مہربانیاں زندگی کے ہر شعبے میں نظر آرہی ہیں، آٹا نہیں، بجلی نہیں قرض واپس کرنے کے پیسے نہیں مایوسی اور گھٹن پاکستان میں رقص کر رہی ہے اور نیرو بانسری بجا رہے ہیں

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) January 24, 2023

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• Along with electricity, the citizens are facing another crisis.

Electricity crackdown electricity suspended in different areas across the country, how long will electricity be restored?

    Due to long breakdown of electricity, petrol pumps are also closed in different cities of the country due to which the citizens are facing severe difficulties in getting petrol. Due to the non-availability of petrol, the pumps have been closed due to which there is a fear of shortage of petrol, there are long queues of vehicles and motorcycles at the petrol pumps. The situation of petrol in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar and Charsadda is not good. Petrol has become scarce due to which passengers and vehicle owners are facing severe problems.

• The government’s initiative to save electricity has become expensive.

Electricity crackdown electricity suspended in different areas across the country, how long will electricity be restored?

    Power went out in most parts of Pakistan on Monday due to the government’s energy conservation measures. This worst power outage has created an emotional state among the people while the continuous shutdown of industries for several hours has also dealt a severe blow to the economy. It all started when electricity was cut off overnight during off-peak hours across the country to conserve fuel, officials said, as technicians could not simultaneously ensure power was restored across the country.

It should be noted that the breakdown happened at 7:30 in the morning and people are still deprived of electricity. People spent the whole day without electricity. During this time, efforts to restore electricity from Warsak Dam from Peshawar also failed. There was a time in the day that there was not even a single unit of electricity in the entire country.

• Mobile phone service is also affected due to power breakdown, users are facing difficulties in communication.

Electricity crackdown electricity suspended in different areas across the country, how long will electricity be restored?

    Mobile phone service has also been affected due to power breakdown across the country and users are facing serious mental breakdown due to communication difficulties. In this regard, PTA has issued instructions that all cellular companies should ensure service delivery by running generators.

According to Express News, telecom companies are facing difficulties in providing service to customers due to power breakdown. There have been several complaints of network outages in various areas.

Cellular companies took the stand that mobile network installations are being run on backup power, but the network cannot be run on backup power for long. Additionally, generators are also facing difficulties in supplying fuel to continue network service. Due to power outages, consumers are also facing difficulties in transferring funds through digital means.